List of poets from the United States
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country.
A-D
- William Allegrezza (born 1974)
- Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956)
- Bruce Andrews
- Ralph Angel
- Maya Angelou (born 1928)
- L.S. Asekoff
- John Ashbery (born 1927)
- Jesse Ball (born 1978)
- Amiri Baraka (born 1934)
- David Baratier (born 1970)
- Charles Bernstein
- Steven Jesse Bernstein
- Wendell Berry (born 1934)
- John Berryman
- Frank Bidart
- Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
- Benjamin Paul Blood, (1832-1919)
- Anne Bradstreet
- Richard Brautigan (1935-1984)
- Ken Brewer (born 1941)
- William Bronk (1918-1999)
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Maria Gowen Brooks (1795?-1845)
- William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
- Charles Bukowski
- William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
- Guy Wetmore Carryl (1873–1904)
- Carolyn Joyce Carty (1957-
- Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
- Arthur Chapman (1874-1935)
- Neeli Cherkovski {born 1945}
- Lucille Clifton
- Norma Cole
- Billy Collins
- Betsy Colquitt (born 1927)
- Shanna Compton (born 1970)
- Cid Corman
- Gregory Corso (1930-2001)
- Hart Crane, (1899-1932)
- Stephen Crane, (1871-1900)
- Robert Creeley (1926-2005)
- Harry Crosby (1898-1929)
- Grace Noll Crowell (1877-1969)
- Countee Cullen (1903-1946)
- E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)
- Catherine Daly (1967-)
- Jeffrey Daniels
- Michael Davidson
- William F. DeVault (1955-)
- James Dickey
- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
- Ray DiPalma (born 1943)
- Diane Di Prima
- Stephen Dobyns (born 1941)
- Ed Dorn (1929-1999)
- Rita Dove (born 1952)
- Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820)
- W.E.B. DuBois
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
- Robert Duncan (1919-1922)
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis
- Bob Dylan
E-K
- Richard Eberhart (born 1904)
- T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
- Theodore Enslin (born 1925)
- Clayton Eshleman (born 1935)
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, (born 1919)
- Douglas Florian
- Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)
- Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
- Alice Fulton
- Robert Frost (1874-1963)
- Forrest Gander (born 1956)
- Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)
- Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954)
- Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997)
- Peter Gizzi (born 1959)
- Louise Glück (born 1943)
- Barbara Guest (1920-2006)
- Brion Gysin (1916-1986)
- Marilyn Hacker (born 1942)
- Kimiko Hahn
- Carla Harryman
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Robert Hayden
- H.D. (1886-1961)
- Anthony Hecht
- Lyn Hejinian (born 1941)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894)
- Fanny Howe
- Susan Howe
- Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
- Richard Hugo (1923-1982)
- Lisa Jarnot (born 1967)
- Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
- Robinson Jeffers, (died 1962)
- James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
- Ryan David Jooste (Alive & Well)
- Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
- Amy King
- August Kleinzahler (born 1949)
- Etheridge Knight
- Yusef Komunyakaa, (born 1948)
- Joanne Kyger (born 1934)
- Jim Morrison
L-P
- Sidney Lanier (1842-1881)
- Timothy Leary (1920-1996)
- Denise Levertov (1923-1997)
- Philip Levine
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
- Audre Lorde, (born 1934)
- Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
- Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
- William Matthews (1942-1997)
- Bryant H. McGill
- Claude McKay (1889-1948)
- Seán Mac Falls (born 1957)
- Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)
- James Merrill (1926-1995)
- Stuart Merrill, (1863-1915)
- Thomas Merton, (1915-1968)
- Sarah Messer, (born 1966)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, (1892-1950)
- Joaquin Miller, (1837-1913)
- Marianne Moore, (1887-1972)
- Stephen S. Morse, (1945 - )
- Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
- Kenn Nesbitt (1962- )
- Howard Nemerov
- Lorine Niedecker (1903[?]-1970)
- Naomi Shihab Nye, (1952- )
- Sharon Olds, (born 1942)
- Mary Oliver (1935- )
- Charles Olson (1910-1970)
- George Oppen (1908-1984)
- Mary Oppen (1908-1990)
- Ron Padgett
- Michael Palmer (born 1943)
- Dorothy Parker, (1893-1967)
- Sam Pereira
- Marge Piercy (1936- )
- Nick Piombino
- Robert Pinsky (1940- )
- Sylvia Plath, (1932-1963)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
- Jack Prelutsky (1940- )
R-S
- Carl Rakosi (1903- )
- John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974)
- Henry Reed (1914-1986)
- Ishmael Reed
- Kenneth Rexroth
- Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976)
- Adrienne Rich
- Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
- James J. Roberts, (1947- )
- Edwin Arlington Robinson, (1869-1935)
- Elizabeth Robinson
- Theodore Roethke, (1908-1963)
- Franklin Rosemont, (1943- )
- Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
- Ella H. Scharring-Hausen (1894-1985)
- Robert Louis Scharring-Hausen [1894-1969)
- Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966)
- Anne Sexton (1928-1974)
- Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)
- Karl Shapiro (1913-2000)
- Shel Silverstein (1930-1999)
- Ron Silliman (born 1946)
- Hal Sirowitz
- Myra Sklarew
- Rod Smith (born 1962)
- Gary Snyder
- Gustaf Sobin (1935-2005)
- James Spix (born 1974)
- William Stafford
- Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
- Gerald Stern
- Wallace Stevens (1880-1955)
- Mark Strand
- May Swenson
- Darren B. Rankins (1966- )
T-Z
- Allen Tate (1899-1979)
- Edward Taylor (1645-1729)
- Ernest Thayer, (1863-1940)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
- Melvin B. Tolson (1898-1966)
- Janine Pommy Vega
- Renée Vivien (1877-1909)
- Diane Wakoski
- Alice Walker, (born 1944)
- Rod Walker
- Sean Ward (born 1966)
- Barrett Watten (born 1948)
- Robert Penn Warren (1905-1898)
- Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784)
- Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
- Richard Wilbur (born 1921)
- William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
- Oscar Williams
- Elizabeth Willis (born 1961)
- Al Young
- Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978)
- Andrew C. Zinn